# dirigent
## English
### Etymology

From Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɪɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒənt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

dirigent (plural dirigents)
* (now chiefly biochemistry) Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
** 2011, Florence Gleason, Raymond Chollet, Plant Biochemistry, page 133:The monolignol substrates are held in position by proteins called dirigents (guide proteins). […] Lignan dirigent proteins are found in the cytoplasm, but similar dirigents have been localized in the cell walls of some plants.
** 1905, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 68, page 887:One of its members is deputed in rotation to maintain continuous contact with the director or dirigents of the hospital by means of biweekly, if necessary daily, visits to the institution.
* (dated, geometry) The line of motion of a describent line or surface that in so moving defines a plane or solid figure; a directrix.
** 1877, James Booth, A Treatise on Some New Geometrical Methods, page 348:The straight line in which the vertical polar plane cuts the plane of the circle of contact is called the dirigent. As there are in general two circles of contact, there are two dirigents, and they are parallel to the diretrices.
** 1891, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, volume 21, page 308:In this case, to which Sphero-Cartesians, and all other sphero-quadrics, whose dirigents are small circles, are analogous in Spherics, the dirigent conic F must also have double contact with S.

### Adjective

dirigent (not comparable)
* That directs.
** 17thC, Richard Baxter, The Life of Faith, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 690,
    6. God must then be known in his three personalities; as the Father, the Word or Son, and the Spirit.
    7. And these in their three causalities; efficient, dirigent, and final.
** 17thC, Richard Baxter, Mr. Baxter's Dying Thoughts, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 1012,
    V. I shall better know the methods and perfections of the Scripture, and all God's dirigent word and will.

### See also

* dirigible

### Anagrams

* ingirted

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [di.ɾiˈʒen]
* IPA: (Balearic) [di.ɾiˈʒent]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.ɾiˈd͡ʒent]
* Rhymes: -ent

### Adjective

dirigent m or f (masculine and feminine plural dirigents)
* leading

### Noun

dirigent m or f by sense (plural dirigents)
* leader
    Synonym: director

### Verb

dirigent
* gerund of dirigir

### Further reading

* “dirigent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigens, present participle of dīrigō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪrɪɡɛnt]
* Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent

### Noun

dirigent m anim (female equivalent dirigentka, relational adjective dirigentský)
* conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)

#### Derived terms

* dirigentství n
* šéfdirigent m anim

#### Related terms

* dirigovat impf

### Further reading

* “dirigent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “dirigent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “dirigent” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “dirigent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Noun

dirigent c (singular definite dirigenten, plural indefinite dirigenter)
* (music) a conductor

### References

* “dirigent” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō (“I direct”). The sense “conductor” was probably borrowed from German Dirigent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdi.riˈɣɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Noun

dirigent m (plural dirigenten, diminutive dirigentje n)
* a conductor, person who musically directs an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble
* (figuratively) a director, person pulling the strings
    De eerste cellist was de dirigent van een campagne tegen de orkestdirigentThe first cello was the ringleader of a campaign against the orchestra's conductor

#### Derived terms

* koordirigent m
* orkestdirigent m

#### Related terms

* dirigeren

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: dirigen

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/

### Verb

dirigent
* third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of diriger

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdiː.ri.ɡent/, [ˈd̪iːrɪɡɛn̪t̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.ri.d͡ʒent/, [ˈd̪iːrid͡ʒen̪t̪]

### Verb

dīrigent
* third-person plural future active indicative of dīrigō

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From German Dirigent, from Latin dīrigēns, present participle of dīrigō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲirʲiˈɡʲɛnt/

### Noun

dirigent m anim (feminine dirigentka)
* conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dirigent”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigenter, definite plural dirigentene)
* (music) a conductor

#### Derived terms

* kordirigent

#### Related terms

* dirigere

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

dirigent m (definite singular dirigenten, indefinite plural dirigentar, definite plural dirigentane)
* (music) a conductor

#### Derived terms

* kordirigent

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dirǐɡent/
* Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gent

### Noun

dirìgent m (Cyrillic spelling дирѝгент)
* conductor (music)

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diriɡɛ́nt/

### Noun

dirigȅnt m anim (female equivalent dirigêntka)
* conductor, person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “dirigent”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dirigent c
* conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir, or other music ensemble)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | dirigent | dirigents |
| singular | definite | dirigenten | dirigentens |
| plural | indefinite | dirigenter | dirigenters |
| plural | definite | dirigenterna | dirigenternas |

#### Related terms

* dirigera

### References

* dirigent in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dirigent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dirigent in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)